Windows 10: Eliminate Sign-On Password

I am the only person to use my Windows 10 desktop.

I would like to eliminate the password request that comes up every time I restart.

Thanks, cb

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How can I eliminate having to sign-in with a password in Windows 10.0?

How can I eliminate having to sign-in with a password in Windows 10.0?

 

Eliminate passwords

The fact is, every time a computer connects to the internet it leaves the private home. Attackers today are as effective from thousands of miles away as if they were sitting right next to us. And since our OP is against passwords, their only user account
must have Administrator permissions. As soon as that computer is hacked, not only does the attacker have unfettered access to the system, they can also use the computer to attack other systems. And all this will happen without the OP's knowledge.

Of course, password protection is no guarantee against attack. But it's one of the many layers that goes into hardening a computer against attack. And that's the idea ... put up as many roadblocks as you can in the hope of persuading an attacker to go away.

I personally would not counsel someone to remove password protection from their computer just as I would not counsel them to remove it from their network or their router or to prevent updates or to disable their malware protection. If it was only their own
computer being put at risk, then as they say in America: "It's a free country." But it's not only the OP's computer that's at risk; it's every computer that the OP's computer can harm. That could include websites that I might need for my livelihood or that
might infect my mother's computer.

 

Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup

 

Hello cb, *Smile

You could use netplwiz in Option 1 of the tutorial below to set Windows to automatically sign in to your account at startup.

Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup

 

Or if security isn't a big concern and you use a local account, just set a blank password. Windows will automatically sign in the last account that logged in if it doesn't have a password. You only get the password prompt if there's actually a password to type.